A month or so later, just before a trip to Germany which was going to involve high speeds, I noticed a funny vibration above about 90mph. I thought a bit of trim had come loose so I booked it in quickly to get checked out.

Turns out the plate under the engine which protects the sump et al from damage was missing two bolts and was "hanging off". I asked how that might have happened and they just shrugged their shoulders at me, then I mentioned that it had had the flywheel checked out a month or so before and I suspected it was them that hadn't refitted the plate properly. They looked a bit more sheepish at that point.

I asked what would have happened if it had come off completely and they didn't see at all concerned, saying it wouldn't have made any difference to the car. Wouldn't have been much fun for the guy behind me though!

A month or so later, just before a trip to Germany which was going to involve high speeds, I noticed a funny vibration above about 90mph. I thought a bit of trim had come loose so I booked it in quickly to get checked out.

Turns out the plate under the engine which protects the sump et al from damage was missing two bolts and was "hanging off". I asked how that might have happened and they just shrugged their shoulders at me, then I mentioned that it had had the flywheel checked out a month or so before and I suspected it was them that hadn't refitted the plate properly. They looked a bit more sheepish at that point.

I asked what would have happened if it had come off completely and they didn't see at all concerned, saying it wouldn't have made any difference to the car. Wouldn't have been much fun for the guy behind me though!

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This is a common fault on other cars.
The Alfa 156 is renowned for losing it's undertray.
I've seen loads of Skodas with them hanging down too.
They're only made of sort of cardboardy/clothy stuff anyway.
More to protect the engine from ****,than damage.
Might give a following driver a scare,but little chance of damage.

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